Marriage, without a doubt, requires a lot of hard work. No matter whether you and your partner were those high school sweethearts or you’ve decided to get engaged after being together for a year – things might still go south. Some folks end up revealing their true selves once the knot is tied, and quite frankly, it might end with a very unpleasant divorce.

What’s uncommon is support from the in-laws. Most decide to turn a blind eye to the issue and refuse to believe that, for instance, their son is a cheater, choosing to bad-mouth the poor woman that had to deal with her partner’s unfaithfulness. However, this particular story will debunk the theory:

One worrying mother took it to one of Reddit’s communities to share the awful story of her son cheating on his now ex-wife that, at the time, was only a few months postpartum. The story received over 103K upvotes and 10K worth of comments discussing this uneasy situation – while also supporting the amount of empathy the parents showed towards their daughter-in-law.

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Sometimes when your relationship doesn’t work out, you get blessed with the most understanding in-laws

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Not everyone is emotionally able to recognize and accept the wrongdoings of their own children. Frankly, some parents do have this mentality where they’re absolutely sure that their offspring could never hurt a fly, let alone an actual human being. It’s hard to accept that the person you’ve so carefully raised turned into a complete mess. This story, though, is about a complete opposite instance where the in-laws decided to go out of their way and support their grandchild and daughter-in-law.

These parents removed their son from their will and assigned everything to their DIL and grandchild after he cheated on her and left town with new mistress

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The author begins her story by explaining that her 24-year-old son mistreated and eventually cheated on his wife when she was only 3 months postpartum. The man then decided to leave town with the woman that he had an affair with, obviously not caring about his partner and his newborn child. Though it’s not that common to have in-laws on your side, these folk were absolutely horrified by their son’s behavior and felt really sorry for the woman.

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The OP and her husband didn’t approve of their son’s actions and they couldn’t bear to see their daughter-in-law struggling to cope while also trying to take care of her newborn baby. Presumably, after giving it some thought, the family decided to come to a very crucial agreement and cut their son off of the will to put everything towards their daughter-in-law and their grandchild. Naturally, when their offspring heard such unpleasant news from his sister, he went completely off the rails, trying to shame his parents for doing everything to support his own family that he so selfishly abandoned.

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Moreover, many distant relatives are taking their son’s side while treating the daughter-in-law like an outsider. They’re totally convinced that what the OP’s son has done is something that could be justified and forgiven, while also saying that the author and her husband are making a huge mistake that will essentially cost them their son. But despite the pressure from the relatives, the parents totally knew what’s right and wrong, which is why they took the baby and the mother in.

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As might’ve been expected, the parents are getting a ton of hate for choosing to do what they believe is right. However, they’re not letting the negativity in because they know that it’s only fair to make sure that their grandson and their daughter-in-law are taken care of. The author also mentioned how having family arguments is quite confusing, but because she sees how determined her husband is to support their son’s ex-wife, it makes her more confident in her decision.

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The OP then revealed that it was extremely hard to go through something like that, and even though it was her own son and she knew that he has been dealing with things, it was simply impossible to just stand and watch. Besides, she understands that if something so unfair happened to her, she’d want her in-laws and family to be just as supportive.

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Lastly, the author shared that it’s heartbreaking to see everyone being so negative towards their daughter-in-law, though, she accepts the fact that it’s not in her power to control what others think about this situation. And what’s important is that she believes that she’s absolutely right for standing beside and protecting the family that her son didn’t want.

Fellow Redditors praised the OP and her husband for being so supportive

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